Screen Burn, The Guide

The final sentence of a column in The Guide on Saturday caused offence to some readers. The Guardian associates itself with the following statement from the writer.

"Charlie Brooker apologises for any offence caused by his comments relating to President Bush in his TV column, Screen Burn. The views expressed in this column are not those of the Guardian. Although flippant and tasteless, his closing comments were intended as an ironic joke, not as a call to action - an intention he believed regular readers of his humorous column would understand. He deplores violence of any kind."

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Screen Burn, The Guide

This article appeared in the Guardian
on Saturday 23 October 2004.
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at 04.33 EDT on Sunday 24 October 2004.
It was last modified at 04.33 EDT on Friday 29 October 2004.
It was first published at 04.33 EDT on Friday 29 October 2004.